both cases. sunset park is closed today because of near by road work. during busy youth soccer events children have been accosted by someone who is up to no good. >> he said something of the fact that your mom sent me here to walk you to the game which was not true. >> reporter: the 12-year-old ran and told an adult. then the man went up to two boys and said a similar thing. >> he said something like, is your mother here and the boys ran off and told their parents. >> the student said a guy drove up to him and asked do you need

a ride, the student said no. and they did the right thing. never go with someone you don't know. you do not have to talk to adults you do not know. >> reporter: the most recent incident happened in walnut creek. a man in an suv approached a 13- year-old boy and tried to use a common ruse. >> the juvenile didn't know who he was but he said he was supposed to pick him up. that was a clue to the young man because he just walked off and the man drove off. the suspect is a thin hispanic man in his 50s. police are looking for a white man with a heavy accident. in walnut creek the man is a heavy set man in his 40s or 50s. live in brentwood, i'm john sasaki. to the peninsula where that devastated neighborhood in san bruno is beginning to undergo

dramatic changes. exactly two weeks after a natural pipeline explosion destroyed dozens of homes. today's crews using heavy machinery are starting to clean up before the rebuilding begins. >> reporter: progress is starting in small steps. this is one of the homes where crews began today removing large materials and started scraping the soil. all day excavators scooped up blackened and burned debris of what was once someone's home. >> they picked up my rv and threw it in the garbage. there wasn't much to throw away. >> reporter: for decades, this was their home. >> almost a sense of closure. it's really over. to see the big jaws come and

lift up our car and just drop it in the garbage. you know, it was not as emotional as i thought it would be. >> reporter: it is a difficult and delicate process. two weeks after a fire ball tore through this neighborhood. killing seven people and destroying 37 homes. >> in people's hearts and mind it's well beyond routine. they understand they are in people's homes and they are taking their love possessioned. >> reporter: the charred debris is being put in plastic containers. >> the biggest challenge is the wind. we're just going to have to make sure that what we're doing here doesn't impact the residents. >> reporter: today these signs with a clean up checklist was posted at each sight. the sight has brought back memories for this man.

>> it took them a year and a half to get his house rebuilt. >> reporter: a process that is beginning for this couple. >> we have no reason to go there for a while. let the other people go and do what they have to do. let the healing begin. >> reporter: back here live, still a lot of burned cars here on the street. this is a slow process. some of those cars were taken away today. crews had planned to work until 6:00 p.m. but we haven't heard back on the county on why they finished early today and if they ended at all because of the windy conditions. the county says it's long term meteorologists have indicated that the weather is good. that they're not worried about any big rain events until october.

>> i want to make sure our neighborhoods are safe. our hometown has some of these pipes so we need some answers about in stuff. coming up at about 5:30 today, the stricter rules

congressional leaders from the bay area are pushing for to keep the community safe from another pipeline disaster. a ruptured pipeline in arrenda prompted authorities to evacuate about 13 homes. it happened in morago way. a road construction crew accidentally severed. authorities initially thought the pipe was bigger around a 6- inch pipe and evacuated 13 homes in the area. that evacuation was called off a half hour later when it was discovered the pipe was actually smaller. incident was very different from the one in san bruno says the fire chief. >> not like our san bruno incident where it was a 24-inch pipe. this dissipates quickly. we just need to isolate a much smaller area to make sure the public is safe. that's our number one priority making sure the public is safe. >> reporter: pg & e clues capped the pipe this morning six hours after it was reported.

we have just received word in the last hour from the governor's office that a tentative state budget deal is near. a spokesman for the governor says a frame work of an agreement has been reached and that the details has been worked out. the governor and lawmakers are negotiates on the budget that is now 95 days overdue. the governor says there is a probability that a final agreement will come on monday. turning now to the elections. meg whitman and jerry brown are now united on their stand on proposition 23 which dealwith global warming and jobs. the candidates are in a dead heat just weeks before election day. ktvu's ken pritchett live in oakland here to explain the different ways the candidates are taking a stand. ken-- >> reporter: well voters with an eye on environment issues now have more to consider in the governor's race.

meg whitman joined jerry brown in opposing proposition 23, but there is a catch. this morning attorney general jerry brown toured a newark company for a green themed campaign. brown says the renewable energy has faded lost ground that should be regained. >> it takes corroboration and it takes stopping the oil hungry proposition 23. >> reporter: it would reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. if passed, proposition 23 would suspend the greenhouse gas law until unemployment dipped below 5.5% for four years straight. but that's only happened three times in the past three decades. brown took a swipe at his opponent meg whit man on the question. >> is she for 23 or against it?

>> reporter: to brown's surprise mrs. whitman had already stated her position on prop 23, she joined brown in opposition. >> meg whitman believes you can be both smart and green. she believes her plan is better than prop 23. >> reporter: whitman differs from brown significantly. her plan is to suspend the proposition for one year. >> when you're trying to go that 3% you have to make sure you don't destroy the 97%. >> reporter: brown called on whitman to renege on her pledge to suspend california's warming bill for a year. whitman's campaign in return now that she has made her stance on the propositions, they have called on brown to do the same. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. new unemployment figures out today suggest that companies are reducing their

work forces. labor department says nationally the number of people who filed for unemployment for the first time was up by about 12,000 last week breaking two straight weeks of decline. the new figures also suggest california may be fairing a bit better claims were down in california by more than 10,700 two weeks ago due to fewer lay offs in the service industry. at uc berkeley more job cuts are on the horizon. the university's chancellor has announced that 2,000 jobs will be eliminated next year. he says the move will save the school district $20 million. the job cuts are in addition to 900 positions already eliminated since last year. the new unemployment numbers helped push wall street today. stocks slumped after the jobless report was released. analysts say that traders reacted to more worries about the european economy. here is a look at those closing

numbers. the dow went down 77 points today. the nasdaq dipped about 7-1/2. president obama has been meeting with world leaders at the united nations in new york today on a wide range of issues from the world economy to peace. in his address to the general assembly, the president called to extend the moratorium and urged arab nations to support the middle east peace talks. he also warned iran it will face sustained international pressure if it continues to pursue nuclear weapons. >> i offered the islamic republic of iran an extended hand last year. and underscored that it has both rights and responsibilities as a member of the international community. >> the u.s. delegation walked out of the assembly hall when

ahmadinejad spoke. he claims that the u.s. had manufactured the 9/11 attacks as part of a propaganda campaign. the uc berkeley graduate recently released says she plans to meet with iranian's president on his visit this week. she says that she wants iranian president ahmadinejad that she feels no anger toward him. shourd says in a situation like this i don't know who's making the decision. there's no feeling of blame or anger, there's just a strong desire for it to be over so we can go on with our lives. shourd made her comments on today's episode of the oprah show. there's a lot of talk about how children are going to

benefit in the new health care laws. we'll tell you who else stands to gain. you noticed temperates increased today, it's going to get hot around here. i'll tell you which cities will be the hottest and when. see you back here. e ret ma oilwi totr wco l wcote

six months after health care reform was passed by congress. many democrats are counting the first elements of reform that go into effect today as they gear up for the midterm elections.

>> as many predicted, it is growing more popular as republicans grow more aware. quite frankly i don't understand politicians that are campaigning loudly for health care reform. >> reporter: many republican low makers are vowing to overturn health care reform if they regain control of congress. they also say they will incorporate some of their most popular ideas in their own version of health care reform. >> we will ensure access to affordable health care to those with preexisting conditions. we will join with 70% of the american people that desire to ban federal funding for abortions. >> democrats say they hope health care reform will gain in popularity now that some of its provisions are in effect. -- who have struggled in the past to get or keep health

insurance. more now from ktvu's kraig debro. >> reporter: kids will benefit from provisions that start today and so will those with chronic illnesses that no longer have to worry about a long term health care cap. >> as of today, if she could have stayed in my health insurance, she would have been uninsured in a few months from that. >> reporter: ochoa and her daughter monique are exstatic on today's decision. >> it's a big deal to me because not only do i have asthma but i have high blood pressure as well. so it's just a scary thought what was going to happen. >> reporter: under the new health care provision passed by congress and signed into law by president obama earlier this year. people up to age 26 can stay on their parents plan. and insurance companies can no longer drop people from coverage when they become sick. dr.howard dannel has been

treating patients for 48 years. most of his patients have medical. he says these new provisions will cut costs and make people healthier in the long run. >> i've seen people lose their health insurance for various reasons. and i understand that the new program is going to make that a little more difficult. >> reporter: a news conference this morning in east oakland brought together health providers and the community. they're strategizing on how to let the community know. and another potentially darker cloud looms. >> we see that private insurers are saying if we're required to cover kids who have preexisting conditions, we're going to drop our coverage, that's outrageous. >> reporter: expansion of health insurance coverage to uninsured.

there are two thing that is threaten all of it. one the republicans are vowing to -- private insurers are already trying to find ways around the law. kraig debro, ktvu. caltrans says signs will go up along a 10-mile stretch from min low park to mountain view. the signs were developed with input from mental health professionals. they include a hot line for crisis intervention center. figures show there were 11 suicides on caltrans tracks last year. a deadly accident happened during the morning commute in san jose today. a 63-year-old motorcyclists died on the expressway. the crash happened this morning when the bicyclists was trying

to crash and tried to avoid a vehicle. >> he collided with the curb of the parking lot and went over the curb through a wooden fence and into the parking lot of the second business. >> other motorcyclists on the expressway rushed to help the man who died there at the scene. police say the 47-year-old pickup truck driver was not driving under the influence and has not been cited in this accident. on to the weather, beautiful weather but with this beautiful weather comes a warning tonight, i guess bill. >> temperatures increasing, we're going into a little bit of a heat wave if you will. with temperatures inland and temperatures at the coast in the 70s, 80s and 90s. the fire danger comes up and the air quality takes a hit as well. we could see a fire advisory this weekend. might even see a spare the air day. we go outside right now, the main mechanism that's missing the main thing that's missing is the fog. the coast is clear right now.

77degrees in oakland. it's 82 in danville, we keep kind of saying, this is summer like weather. this is fall like weather. this is what you expect this time of year. and that's why this time of year is really, you know our highest fire danger time of year. this is the type of weather pattern you get. we're getting a warm up today. further warming on saturday. monday, further warming and perhaps a little more warming on tuesday as well. as you go into this year, the coastal areas are going to be in the 70s and maybe some low 80s. overnight lows, cool last night. check out santa rosa 45 degrees, 47 in napa. you'll hear that chill in the air in the alexander valley as you push the kids out of the door at 7:15. 51degrees tomorrow, 53 in the

antioch. season is changing. temperatures tomorrow are going to come up. they're going to be a little warmer than they were today. along the coast we're talking mid-70s. low 80s in the east bay. and you get -- see what's happening, temperatures are coming up a little bit we'll see 90s. the fire danger is coming up as well. no advisories as of yet. we'll watch that for you. i'm going to show you which days will be the hottest. i think it'll surprise you how hot they'll be. i'll be back here. senator barbara boxer has been ahead in her fight against carly fiorina. what a new exclusive poll shows how things have changed. and a new effort being pushed by a bay area congressman to protect student athletes. the bay area community with a health care controversy of a different sort. we investigate why some residents object to a new state

of art hospital. see what we've uncovered. we're learning who is looking to hire thousands of employees despite whopping jobless claims elsewhere. get aways gone wrong. we learn what new chp officers are now being urged to do if suspects speed off. new at 6:00.

an exclusive new ktvu field poll just released shows senator barbara boxer has now

increased her lead over republican carley fiorina. now the most recent survey taken just a few days ago shows that boxer's lead is widening. according to the new survey, boxer is holding a six percentage point lead. 47 to 41%. in march the race was much tighter with boxer at 45%, fiorina44%. for her part fiorina has solid support from republicans especially those that consider themselves tea party members. 75% of those who consider themselves republican would vote for fiorina. 92% of tea partyers would vote for fiorina. next month first lady michelle obama plans to be in california to help the senator at a campaign fundraiser. george miller is leading in effort in congress to relieve

concussions among young athletes. lawmakers held a hearing today to develop concussion plans and teach students about the symptoms of concussions. student athletes there today described their injuries. >> the headaches lingered and i began to forget things. not just day-to-day but morning to evening and even moment to moment. >> reporter: concussions can affect memory, judgment, speech, balance and muscle coordination. the symptoms can grow worse unless treated. the proposed legislation would use set lines set by the nfl for concussion injuries. there's something very different about one bay area bart station that may catch many people by surprise, at least at first. >> hundreds of east bay families will no longer be able to get there from here. how a decision to cut a berth line will affect hundredsover hundreds of people. that story comes up. i was driving down the peninsula and you could see the

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because of this i need the bus for everywhere i go. but she'll soon be stranded. now that ac transit has announced sweeping cuts to service. thousands of riders will now have to look for a new way to get around. ac transit says it's doing away with dozens of what it calls feeder routs. it may not be long lines but those who rely on it say they

are in for major inconveniences. rob roth has their response. >> reporter: hundreds of struggling families live in these low cost houses in what used to be the alameda naval station. hundreds count on the bus line but after this weekend it will not run. >> i do not drive, and because of this, i need the bus for everywhere i go. >> reporter: the 31 runs from alameda point and ends in emeryville. but ac transit does not consider the route a major corridor. so it's one of the feeder routs being eliminated beginning in december. wheeler says she'll be stranded literally on an island with no suitable way to get to grocery

stores, church or any where else. >> especially on the weekends, there's no life. the fact of the matter is we have nothing here to say we have any community help like people with cars. so the bus is really important to us. >> reporter: this mother of two is now homeless and is now getting back on her feet. with no bus service, she worries about getting to the bus. >> my son has asthma, sometimes i have to take him to the hospital and i can't get there unless i call the ambulance, and that's going to cost me a lot of money. >> reporter: business on alameda point such as this bike shop worry about their weekend customers. >> the weekend can drop because of the 31 being cut. it will affect us. >> how about people to get here to come to work? >> yeah, and i take the 31 in

the morning, so on saturday. >> even though you are poor, you want to have a life. >> reporter: ac transit officials say all the lines being eliminated are lifelines to someone. but they say they can't afford to keep them all running. passengers who rely on the 31 say they will lobby to have their line reinstated. but if they're successful, ac transit, another line would have to be eliminated. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. the pleasantville bart station now has a new name. bart board of directorchanged the name to pleasanthill contra costa center. the new name is changed to reflect the center next door. it will cost $100,000 to updates to maps, schedules and other items. all of the costs will be paid by a private developer. bart riders are expected to see new station signs go up in the beginning of next month. clean up officially gets

under way following the san bruno explosion. lawmakers in capitol hill are rolling up their sleeves to beef up pipeline safety. now lawmakers from the bay area feel an added urgency to push for new tougher laws. carol hann reports from our washington bureau. >> reporter: it's the second of what promises to be many congressional hearings into pipeline safety since that pg & e pipeline exploded in san bruno two weeks ago. >> leaving seven people dead. >> tragic loss of life. >> reporter: for one lawmakers, this hits home. >> i first found out about it, i was driving up the peninsula and you could see the flames. >> reporter: enflaming lawmakers here are the holes in pipeline laws that may have contributed to the san bruno disaster. there's so few federal inspectors that each one is

responsible for more than 2,100 miles. the distance from san francisco to chicago. >> we want to make sure our cities are secure. we need some answers about this stuff. >> reporter: this week senator feinstein and boxer introduced a bill that would double the number of federal inspectors. it would also require automatic shut off valves and force companies to follow rules. >> we must do our part to keep communities free of risk and exposure to pipeline failures. >> reporter: lawmakers also heard from members of the natural gas and oil pipeline industries. they admitted that more could be done and said that they have every incentive to invest in safety. carol han, ktvu news. officer nick thomasito

berkeley died during a police chase in july of 2006. prosecutors say pretulio was driving a stolen mini van that slammed into berkeley's patrol cruiser. the man accused of shooting a freemont police officer is facing more charges now. barrientos threatened a woman with a gun. barrient os is also charged with 10 charges. a key milestone in the race for mayor of the city of oakland is just over an hour away. also a bay area mom and pop business is closing its doors. hear what the owner said did them in.

as oakland's mayoral candidates prepare, the leading candidates is facing problems.

there have been four other previous forums and perrata has only participated in one forcing opponents to compare him to mayor dellums who they describe him as out of touch. tonight's candidates event is set to begin at 7:00 on lake side drive. ktvu's political editor randy shandobil will be one of those to question the candidates. a bay area police chief was in washington, d.c. today to talk to lawmakers on safety communication networks. rob davis testified before the senate committee on commerce signs and transportation. he says the nation is in desperate need of a public safety broad band network. >> in the future, a police officer will make a car stop and when he or she pulls a car over they won't have to call in

a a plate. >> reporter: a modernize network would improve communication considered crucial in times of crisis. a bay area based solar company cleared a hurdle. the state energy commission gave its aproven yet for bright source energy to construct a 370 mega watt plant on public land near the mohabe desert. bright source energy says the plant will generate 1,000 jobs and provide enough power for 140,000 homes. the project still needs federal approval before it can go forward. an independent coffee shop in the east bay is set to close its doors. what makes the closure more painful is it's the 14th shop to close in the past month.

unfortunately in recent months the loss of a major tenant next door and the sluggish economy hit the business hard. the owner says she tried to renegotiate the lease term but didn't get any where. >> this is a viable business that needs all the parties, vendor, customers, staff and the landlord to work with us to be successful because we haven't had that last cooperation at the end, we've had to announce our closure. >> yellow wood is now scheduled to close for good tomorrow. block buster has filed for bankruptcy protection as it shifts from stores to providing video down loads from the internet. they reduced their $1 billion debt to about $100 million. block buster has been losing ground to netflix the internet and cable companies that provide movies on the demand. the company says it will keep

its stores and kioskses open as it undergoes this reorganization. it's called the obesity forcast what it is and how america is leading the pack. and researchers call it a deadly disease, children's dreams with a fabric softener. and we'll have possible poor air quality, i'll tell you which day. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones.

at children's hospital oakland, twin girls are to be the first humans in history to be treated with an experimental compound. doctors say it's the only chance to survive a sort of childhood alzheimer's. john fowler live in oakland with a story you will see only on channel 2, john. >> reporter: this drug is an experiment and it's a dramatic one at that. the drug in question is the active ingredient in fabric softeners but for two little girls it could mean the difference between life or death. >> this is really ground breaking and exciting news right now. >> let's go patty, let's go. >> let's go. >> reporter: we first met twins addie and cassey hemple last year. they each have a rare called ninompick. >> they start losing language and speech and ability to take

care of themselves. that's why physically it looks like alzheimer's disease in adults. >> reporter: the twins suffer from cholesterol build up in their brains and they've lost the ability to speak. >> they end up in wheelchairs, they can't swallow and there's no treatment. >> reporter: the girls continue their neurological decline. but doctors have won the ability to try a new step. >> this is a bold step to take, directly injecting a fluid into the spinal fluid. the family is very compassional. at the same time they realize

their children are going to die without any intervention. >> reporter: dr. hastings expects the treatment will stop, possibility reverse some of the damage. the family is from reno and they are expected here in 10 days to begin this revolutionary therapy. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. a new study says an increasing number of people in the richest countries are becoming overweight with the united states at the top of the scale. three out of four americans will be overweight or obese by the year 2020. the study was conducted by the organization for economic corporation and development development. researchers urge that spending will balloon unless congresswoman with individuals on a comprehensive strategy to combat the epidemic. coming up next, the national chain with many stores here in the bay area that's

planning on temporarily hiring 65,000 people across the country. julie haener is in the newsroom now with some of the other stories we're working on, julie. >> also at 6:00, it started with the c, hp trying to pull a driver over because of a missing front license plate. moments later, two passengers were dead following a high speed chase. coming up, the questions that's raising and the changes that may come as a result. and now it's plans to change it into something completely different. why that has many people fired up. plus a state credit card that has been cancelled and how it could trigger the shortage of something that nobody wants to be without at a state park. it's all coming up at 6:00, we'll see you then. >> facebook says it has restored service now to the website for the tens of millions of the users who are unable to access their facebook pages today. 22% of those who logged on between 11:00 this morning and 3:00 this afternoon were

greeted with a message reading dns failure. it's the second day in a row that facebook has experienced problems. facebook has half a billion users worldwide. >> amazing. as we enter these next two very warm days let's go over to chief meteorologist bill martin who is going to help us plan our outdoor activities. >> a warm up is coming up. it warmed up today. it warms up again tomorrow. temperatures currently outside. live storm tracker 2 shows you can colors what the temperatures out. out in livermore it's 80 degrees. concord 92. temperatures have increased by as much as 15 degrees in some places. fair skies tonight, forget the fog with the offshore winds the air is pushing the fog away. offshore means from land to sea, blowing offshore toward the water. takes the fog and just excavates it and vaporizes it,

goes away, evaporates. that as that happens the air sinks and warms. hits the grounds then runs offshore. as it sinks it warms about 5 degrees per thousand feet. so i guess in theory, if you go to the top of mount diablo you would see a big temperature drop by the time you get from the grown to the top. you might get 10, 15 degrees on it. so the forecast is for this high pressure to continue to make the air sink and make the winds go offshore. and continue to warm us, that means a high fire danger. could see some air quality issues as we head into saturday, sunday and monday. so we're back into sort of -- this is a fall weather pattern but some of the temperatures will seem summer like. the reds represent 90s. they're coming our way, there's going to be reds all the way from hayward to oakland to napa. you will see santa rosa, definitely heating up around here. 90 in clear lake, 90 in fairfield. a nice day, not too hot. it'll be much hotter as we head

into saturday and sunday. but these are warmer than they were today by a good 5 degrees. 90 in morgan hill, 80 in gilroy. certainly above the average by a good 8 degrees in many locations. at the coast 70s, i know it's tempting to jump in and go swimming but the rip tides are awful right now. the life guards out there will be the first to tell you that's one of the worse beaches for rip tides. be careful going out to the beach. the weather looks great, enjoy it. plenty of fluid. our concern here in the newsroom, fire danger. the simple solution to keep people out of prison. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer e ret ma oe

the naacp is drumming up attention. naacp leaders announced new moving billboards intended to educate the public on the national criminal justice commission act of 2010. figures show the u.s. is home

to five 5% of the world's population. yet, the world houses 25% of the the world's prisoners. >> we don't have a department of corrections, we have a department of lock up, lock down and training criminals. >> naacp says in the past 20 years california spending on prisons has risen 20 times faster than spending on higher education. and there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. the chp is required to chase anyone who doesn't pull overred when ordered. we'll take a look at whether that is a safe policy for the public.

demolition day in san bruno as crews started a massive clean up effort three weeks after the pipeline explosion. we'll tell you where all the debris will be taking and who's joining the investigation now. >> able to stay on the highway,. what should a chp officer do when a driver speeds off after being pulled over. that question is being raised tonight after two recent deadly crashes in the south bay. and the changes that may be coming. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we begin tonight with major new developments involving the san bruno explosion and fire. state a regulators are beginning a separate investigation into what went on